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then has commented on these issues and read about these issues and donald is the director of the urban brookings tax policy center and former acting director of the congressional budget office as well. so we have three experts to talk about these issues and walk us through this minefield of tax policy and see where there might be common ground where the conversations of the white house could be ending up. peter, let me start with you. and the basic question about whether or not tax revenue has to be a part of this part of the conversation to begin with and whether the two sides were there is more common ground than they think. >> first obviously i think the tax revenue has to be part of the solution here both because the underlying budget but also because the election that was just held and the desire and the administration to maintain that additional revenue that they ran on and they won. on the substance though the point that i would make this would ever comes out of this fiscal cliff frankly i am now going to step out of the bounds of political feasibility because i am no longer in office, so
then has commented on these issues and read about these issues and donald is the director of the urban brookings tax policy center and former acting director of the congressional budget office as well. so we have three experts to talk about these issues and walk us through this minefield of tax policy and see where there might be common ground where the conversations of the white house could be ending up. peter, let me start with you. and the basic question about whether or not tax revenue has...
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[applause] he spoke earlier today at the brookings institution and here is a portion of that talk now. >> our ability as a nation to repay was based solely on our ability to print money that would cost much more than 1.7 or 1.9, whatever number it is today that is certainly because inflation would be created as a result of the printing of money. on the other hand, our ability today to repay should be based on our ability to increase revenue or decrease spending. now with this political dysfunction we are not sure we have that. we appear unwilling and unable to use that tangible accessible ability. we have to recall the posturing and washington last year around the debt ceiling debate, the reaction to the recommendations of the simpson-bowles committee and of the super committee. the realities are the ability to repay is based primarily on the belief that we will find a buyer for the future debt and that we will in turn use those to we think will be able to just keep rolling it over. others have said and i will say that we risk losing the u.s. role as a world reserve currency if we do
[applause] he spoke earlier today at the brookings institution and here is a portion of that talk now. >> our ability as a nation to repay was based solely on our ability to print money that would cost much more than 1.7 or 1.9, whatever number it is today that is certainly because inflation would be created as a result of the printing of money. on the other hand, our ability today to repay should be based on our ability to increase revenue or decrease spending. now with this political...
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dionne, senior fellow at brookings. on moderate a lot of panels, the greatest colt directed to me was from david brooks who said my eyes light up at the words panel discussion. is that not a powerful insult? normally when i have strong views i try to be to clean a phrase fair and balanced. i want to confess i am not fair and balanced here because of my feelings about thomas mann and norman ornstein. there two of my favorite people in the world and i am excited they have become celebrities and it is a great thing for them and a great thing for the republican. i am not -- to be here with them and with susan and mickey who have joined this discussion. i want to begin by saying this event is being web cast live. attendees are encouraged -- i never got to say that before, the hash tag, even worse, is where you should send your commentss. books will be available for purchase and autographs at the conclusion of the event. any other announcements? whig unjust go straight into the main event. thomas mann is a senior fellow at br
dionne, senior fellow at brookings. on moderate a lot of panels, the greatest colt directed to me was from david brooks who said my eyes light up at the words panel discussion. is that not a powerful insult? normally when i have strong views i try to be to clean a phrase fair and balanced. i want to confess i am not fair and balanced here because of my feelings about thomas mann and norman ornstein. there two of my favorite people in the world and i am excited they have become celebrities and...
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he was a visiting fellow at brookings in the year 2000 and reserve officer in the u.s. army and publishing extremely important literature in the last few years since retiring from the government. we have a good panel. i'll step out of the way now, and, again, thank you for coming. when we do finish this, there will be a question and answer session. thank you. >> watch all the wires. >> i will. >> good morning. what are the prospects for a new president achieving a fair peace settlement between israelis and the palestinians? i believe, unfortunately, they are not very good, but by a fair settlement, i mean a two-state solution, a palestinian state on compromising gaza and the west bank with minor negotiated land swaps, control of the borders, its water resources, its air space. something similar to the clinton parameters of 2000. i believe this outcome more than any alternative satisfies the core needs for security and self-determination of israelis and palestinians. as you know, every american president since lyndon johnson tried to stop israel from building settlements
he was a visiting fellow at brookings in the year 2000 and reserve officer in the u.s. army and publishing extremely important literature in the last few years since retiring from the government. we have a good panel. i'll step out of the way now, and, again, thank you for coming. when we do finish this, there will be a question and answer session. thank you. >> watch all the wires. >> i will. >> good morning. what are the prospects for a new president achieving a fair peace...
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. >> david brooks once described the convention when there was a speaker. >> i don't think they are going to see a democratic leadership of the house ever again but doesn't include one woman, one african-american latino, whereas republican, the need a lot more than just capping from the washington the need to put out a different fees and image to compete more broadly. >> there are no candidates out there is essentially less than the democratic party but sometimes we have new voices -- >> it's probably the one thing they're doing reasonably well. islamic one other dimension of this he did in proven a lot of ways in 45 states but the reality is that the end of the day mitt romney 120% of the two electoral college votes available outside of the south on the old confederacy plus oklahoma and kentucky. the average 21% of the electoral votes available outside of the south since 1992. they have won over in the five or six elections sequence since the party was founded in the party of the north in 1856. the the magoffin challenge is also a geographic challenge to read because of these places you
. >> david brooks once described the convention when there was a speaker. >> i don't think they are going to see a democratic leadership of the house ever again but doesn't include one woman, one african-american latino, whereas republican, the need a lot more than just capping from the washington the need to put out a different fees and image to compete more broadly. >> there are no candidates out there is essentially less than the democratic party but sometimes we have new...
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last week i read after the election david brooks wrote a column which had the classic, you know, you agree with some of it and some of it is absolutely infuriating. his quote at the end he basically said look to the republican party, your attempt to dei can it -- depict the country half the people dependent on government, half not, it didn't didn't resonate with people. most people, they understand that the government can be helpful to them as well. he concluded by saying to republicans don't get hung up whether the federal government is 20 or 22% of gdp, let the democrats be the party of security, defending the 20th century welfare state. you be the party that celebrates works and inflames enterprise. that is classic portrayal, what we're defending here is crusty old programs, all they do is provide security so that you know, they don't have anything to do with lifting people up in the workplace. nothing could be further than the truth. we need to get out there and really establish the point that, you know, real economic opportunity comes from having security. it comes from having t
last week i read after the election david brooks wrote a column which had the classic, you know, you agree with some of it and some of it is absolutely infuriating. his quote at the end he basically said look to the republican party, your attempt to dei can it -- depict the country half the people dependent on government, half not, it didn't didn't resonate with people. most people, they understand that the government can be helpful to them as well. he concluded by saying to republicans don't...
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professor telhami is a senior fellow at the sabin center at brookings institution. he's a distinguished former adviser, perhaps even a current adviser, to many government agencies, u.s. leaders and diplomats, and he's a prolific and best-selling author. let me quote from the top of his web site at the university of maryland where he is the anwar sadat professor of peace and development. i have always believed that good scholarship can be relevant and consequential for public policy. it is possible to affect public policy without being an advocate; to be passionate about peace without losing analytical power; to be moved by was just while conceding that no one has a monopoly on justice. i think our other scholars and our world affairs council colleagues share that sentiment. jen'nan read is associate professor of sociology and global health at duke university. she's a carnegie scholar and associate director of duke's islamic studies center. jen'nan is half libyan, spent much of her childhood in libya, and thanks to the arab spring she's had a touching and moving reun
professor telhami is a senior fellow at the sabin center at brookings institution. he's a distinguished former adviser, perhaps even a current adviser, to many government agencies, u.s. leaders and diplomats, and he's a prolific and best-selling author. let me quote from the top of his web site at the university of maryland where he is the anwar sadat professor of peace and development. i have always believed that good scholarship can be relevant and consequential for public policy. it is...